Battery connection.



H. lVI. MILLIKENI BATTERY CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 29, 191e.

1,201,215, l Patented OCI. 10,1916.

ras PATENT carica.

HARRY 'll/I. MILLIKEN, OF CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN.

BATTERY CONNECTION.

Specication 'of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 1o, 191e.

Application filed July 29, 1916. Serial No. 112,076.

To all lwho/ml t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY-M. MlLLrKEN,

residing at Gheboygan, in the county of 'of devices especially designed for connecting the dry batteries and it primarily has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive clip device for making the battery' connections, that can make any connection v that is usually madewith any dry battery with wire or other connectors.

Another object of ymy invention is to provide an improved device of the general char l acter stated that can vreadily get the batteries? in series connection or in multiple connection or used on one battery, as desired.

'Again, my invention seeks to provide a peculiar construction of clip connection designed for getting any angle on batteries that can be'had with wire or other connectors, that can be installed handier, easier and-quicker than is possible with the con` ventional type of connecting devices and that provides for getting better contacts than is possible in the use of wire connectors. With other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the peculiar construction and novel arrangement of the parts hereinafter to be explained, specifically pointedout inthe 'appended claims and illustrated in the accom panying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a number of dry batteries coupled up with my improved connecting device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a setoi' tive batteries coupled up with my improved connectors in multiple series. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of my improved battery connectors. Fig. 4c is a side view of a portion of a dry bat# tery with one of my connectors attached, the same being shown bent down to Vprovide for compactly packing the battery when shipping or storing the same, and Fig. 5 is a section of a portion of two batteries with one of my connectors operativelyjoined therewith.

My improved connecting device, the conone end of' which is downwardly bendable'l toprovidea heel portion 10, adapted to bev readily soldered to the zinc electrode 2 'ofa battery 3.

Midway its length, the clip body 1 is preferably enlarged, and at such enlarged point,

the post or terminal 40 of which is soldered, riveted or otherwise made fast to the. said body or, plate 1.

The free end of the clip 1 is bent down at right angles and terminates in a ,Hat

' forked head 12, which, when the connector is operatively applied, engages thel screw connector or carbon terminal of an adjacent battery, as shown.

it is provided with a set screw connector 4,' A

By reason of the peculiar construction of" l my battery connector device, the said device can be readily bent down over the side of the battery, see Fig. 4, when packing for shipping, the iieXibility. of the material of which the connector is made preventing breaking when bending it to suit the required conditions. Again, by making the connector of a. thin flexible metal, as shown,

connection can be conveniently made with l batteries of different heights.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the complete construction, the manner of its use and the advantages of my invention will be readily apparent.

By making the connector of a thin iiexi? ble plate and providing the same with al screw connection or terminalv 4, as vstated and shown, the ready connection of batteries in multiple series is provided for with i y better contacts than'is possible whe'n using the ordinary agire battery connections.

What I claim is:

1. A connector for batteries that consists of a flexible metal plate having 'one end bendable and Iadapted. for connection vwith r forked. head` adapted for connection with the carbon electrode of another battery, and a screw connection or terminal carried on the body of the said plate.

2. The combination with a dry battery; of a connector device that consists of a. thin flexible metal plate including a bendablev the zinc .electrode of a battery, and a ltlaiflob' end permanently attached to the zinc elec-4 struction of which is best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, consists of a thin iiexi- 55 ble metal member that includes a .body 1,`

trede of the battery, said plate lbeing bendable down over the side o the battery and terminating in a forked head adapted for'. 1

connection Wih the @when electioie adjacent -mttei'y and a screw connec'ion aff tacheci to the pate.

3. A baxettely eonnee'bion eonsinbing of :i 5 plate having one end adapted foi" being permanently Secnied to lie Zinc plate of one battery and the other end forked for engaging the carbon eiectiode of anothei battery and having a terminal ennecoi 10 intermediate its end.

L A battery connecon comprising a benc'abie metal strip having one end. oye? to form cenneetn which is 'e' be D manen-,1y secu-fed 't0 an electmde el' a bv y Celi, 'the @ber end 0i sai eiwit being; provided@with en eiiset ''eifked in beiA 'o engage the eiminai screw olif: anon-ier batery cell, and a 'terminal cennectei :fied by said' Strip between the ends of sain@ substantialiy'as shown and for pur-poses described. U

HARRY Mz MLLHEN. 

